---
kind: "section"
citation: "42 C.F.R. § 440.100"
title: "42"
number: "440.100"
heading: "Dental services."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/42/440.100"
---

# §440.100. Dental services.

- (a) “Dental services” means diagnostic, preventive, or corrective procedures provided by or under the supervision of a dentist in the practice of his profession, including treatment of—
  - (1) The teeth and associated structures of the oral cavity; and
  - (2) Disease, injury, or impairment that may affect the oral or general health of the beneficiary.
- (b) “Dentist” means an individual licensed to practice dentistry or dental surgery.

## Notes

### Amendments

[43 FR 45224, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 24888, Apr. 11, 1980]

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1302.

### Source

Source: 43 FR 45224, Sept. 29, 1978, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[43 FR 45224, Sept. 29, 1978, as amended at 45 FR 24888, Apr. 11, 1980]